Segonbad ( fa, سه‌گنبد; ; "Three Gonbads") is a historical structure located in the town of

Urmia Urmia or Orumiyeh ( fa, ارومیه, Variously transliterated as ''Oroumieh'', ''Oroumiyeh'', ''Orūmīyeh'' and ''Urūmiyeh''.) is the largest city in West Azerbaijan Province of Iran and the capital of Urmia County. It is situated at an alt ...

, in northwest

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. The monument has three inscriptions in the Kufic script placed on the entrance door. Segonbad is a remnant of the Seljuk period. Segonbad: Historical Seljuk tomb in Iran

Building

The current building has two floors and there are vents on all four sides. The first floor is called the

crypt A crypt (from Latin ''crypta'' "vault") is a stone chamber beneath the floor of a church or other building. It typically contains coffins, sarcophagi, or religious relics. Originally, crypts were typically found below the main apse of a chur ...

, which has an arched cover and is thus separated from the second floor.

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